BILL BAGWELL DIES LASTTHURS; BURIAL FRIDAYJames William (Bill) Bagwell, 52, died at his home on Bruce, Miss., Route 1, last Thursday. A veteran of World War 11, he had been in poor health for a number of years. Born in Calhoun County, Miss. March 30, 1912, he had spent his entire life in this section.He was a member of the Baptist Church, the V F W and American Legion. He was a retired farmer.Services were held at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church at 2:30 Friday with Rev. John Couch and Rev. E. D. Bollinger officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, near Bruce, Miss., Calhoun County with Cook Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.Pallbearers were Purvis Bagwell, Charlie Bagwell, Edwin Bagwell, Elmo Smith, Wade Bryant and James Kindall.Mr. Bagwell leaves his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bagwell, Bruce, Miss; two brothers, Edward Earl Bagwell, Bruce, Miss. and Wilburn Bagwell, Memphis, Tenn; three sisters, Mrs. Sam Baker, Banner, Miss; Mrs. Wilma Addington, Memphis, Tenn; Mrs. Joe Reaves, Attanta, Georgia.

BAGWELLEdward Earl Bagwell Sr., 64, of Ripley, Tenn., dies Saturday, January 7, 1995 at Baptist Memorial Hospital--Ripley, Tenn. A member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Batlett, Tenn., he was born December 5, 1930, in Calhoun County, Miss., the son of Willis Early and Ester Hazel Robertson Bagwell. He was in construction.Funeral service was Monday at 11 a.m. at Parker Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James West and Rev. Jimmy Sockwell officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, near Bruce, Miss., Calhoun County, Miss.Pallbearers were Hostetler, Britt Nimmo, Desi Moore, Lee Carter, James Bagwell and Mark Bagwell.Survivors include four daughters, Valda Mabus, Pontotoc, Miss; Rita Ditto, Ripley, Tenn; Melissa Bagwell, Pontotoc, Miss; Tanya Bagwell, Ripley, Tenn;One son, Edward Earl Bagwell, Jr; one sister, Hazel Reavis, Atlanta, Georgia; one brother, Wilburn Bagwell, Bruce, Miss;Four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.1 He was buried on 9 January 1995 at Mount Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Bruce, Calhoun County, Mississippi.1

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Boyce Milner "Bud" Addington

M, b. 16 February 1921, d. 29 May 1993

Boyce Milner "Bud" Addington was born on 16 February 1921. He married Wilma Doyle Bagwell, daughter of Willis Early Bagwell and Ester Hazel Robertson, after 1940. Served as a MOMM3 in US Navy during World War II. Boyce Milner "Bud" Addington died on 29 May 1993 at age 72 BOYCE M. ADDINGTON, 72, of Arlington, retired boiler operator, died Saturday at Methodist Hospital North. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel with burial in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery near there. Mr. Addington, the husband of Geneva Addington, also leaves a daughter, Joan Addington of Seattle; four brothers, Leland Addington of Grenada, Miss., Norwood Addington of Rolling Fork, Miss., Elton Addington of Oxford, Miss., and J. C. Addington of Cordova, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests any memorials be sent to Pleasant Ridge Cemetery Fund. (Published in The Commercial Appeal 5-30-1993.)

George Joseph Reavis

M, b. 16 April 1920, d. 26 February 2004

George Joseph Reavis was born on 16 April 1920 in Georgia.1 He married Hazel Esther Bagwell, daughter of Willis Early Bagwell and Ester Hazel Robertson, after 1940. George Joseph Reavis died on 26 February 2004 in College Park, Fulton County, Georgia, at age 83 George J. Reavis of College Park, passed Thursday, February 26, 2004. Mr. Reavis was born in 1920 to the late James Belton and Fannie Mae Reavis. He served in the United States Army during WWII, and upon return became a truck driver, traveling the United States and Canada, at times with his wife.Mr. Reavis is survived by his wife of 60 years, Hazel Reavis; Sons Tony(Jeanine)Reavis, of Riverdale, Ga., George Reavis of College Park, Ga., Bruce(Mary)Reavis,of Duluth, Ga; brother, Leon Reavis; Brother-in-law, Wilburn (Libby) Bagwell of Bruce, Mississippi; Four granddaughters, Sandra (Mickey) Stephens, Sherrilon (Don) Brooks, Scarlett Reavis, Savannah Reavis; Three great-grandchildren, Heidi Stephens, Mickey Stephens, and Donnie Brooks. Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 28, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at Tara Garden Chapel with interment at College Park Cemetery.1 He was buried at College Park Cemetery, College Park, Fulton County, Georgia.1